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Henry and Gail Hoff mann have been named the 2006 Citizens of the Year by Invermere’s Rotary Club. Photo by Lisa Ede

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Although graduating students won’t be white-wa-ter rafting for this year’s Dry Grad due to liability con-cerns, plans are still being made for a safe, alcohol-free celebration.

Th anks to Dry Grad fundraising eff orts, local graduating students will spend a night camping and an afternoon outdoors enjoying a range of activities from paintball to sumo wrestling in huge padded out-fi ts.

Th e participating students meet at the high school where their bags are searched for drugs and alcohol before they are bussed to the overnight event.

“People have been really respectful in the past,” said Carmen Th ompson, the high school’s drug and alcohol prevention coordinator.

“It’s a really great opportunity for them to spend one last evening together and reminisce,” said Ms. Th ompson, who’s organizing the event slated for the July long weekend.

Last year, some $245,000 was raised province-wide to help students enjoy a dry graduation celebration.

Th is year, the province has already breached the $300,000 mark, said participating Invermere Liquor Store employee Vic Briar.

Th e local store raised $1,900 last year, and this

year has jumped up to $2,100 so far, said Mr. Briar.It seems that the bite-size chocolates, sold at $1

apiece, are more popular than last year’s jelly beans.In an eff ort to encourage employees to mention

the fundraising chocolates to customers, the top 10 individual sellers will be awarded a B.C. Liquor Store fl eece jacket while members of the top 10 selling stores will get fl eece vests, said Mr. Briar.

He said Sandy MacDonald will probably win the local challenge as he is “the most aggressive salesperson we have on staff .”

At $30 apiece, yoga mats are also on sale to help raise funds, and they can be purchased through Car-men Th ompson at 342-9213, ext. 112.

Th is year, local business Lambert Insurance also stepped up and donated $855.

Anyone who’s interested in donating money or prizes can contact Ms. Th ompson.

Since the rafting has been cancelled, Ms. Th omp-son said she’s open to ideas as to where they might hold the event. She’s hoping someone might off er a venue for the event.

“I envision a sort of outdoor festival,” said Ms. Th ompson.

Th anks to funds raised, students can attend free of charge.

Dry Grad is expected to see most of the hundred-plus graduating class participate.

Doug Schick, Elaine Shelstrom and Vic Briar at the Invermere branch of the liquor store are selling chocolates.

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When the lights go out at Stober’s Department Store on March 31, it will be the end of an era.

Owners Patty and Dallas Stober have sold the store to Carrie Rickards, 31, owner of Refl ections Women’s Consignment in Invermere. On April 1st the store will open for business under its new name, Essentials Department Store.

Th e store has been in the Stober family since Dallas’s parents Gerry and Velma took over the old Robinson’s store in 1981. Since 1989 Dallas and Patty have run Stober’s.

Th e Stobers’ two sons - Marcus, 23, and Jordan, 18 - have left Invermere to attend school and Patty and Dallas have had enough of the long hours of re-tail.

“We just want to have more free time,” said Dal-las. “We’re at an age where we want to travel.”

Patty and Dallas, both 50, said they’ve been think-ing of selling for the past year. Th ey advertised the business for sale.

Last November at a benefi t the Stobers held for injured local woman Spring Hawes, the couple began talking with Carrie about selling.

Carrie, who will keep her Refl ections shop across

the street, is confi dent she can maintain two successful businesses. “I have a background in fashion merchan-dising and I grew up here,” she said. “It’s just a good opportunity.”

Carrie will draw on her experience gained at Refl ections, but much of the business of running a department store will be new. Th e Stobers will act as consultants during the changeover.

“Carrie and I have already been on a buying trip to Edmonton,” said Patty.

Dallas said Carrie will experience some challenges as a retail store owner. “Retail is always changing, not just in Invermere but everywhere,” he said.

He called Stober’s a strong business and said that the brand names and variety of goods off ered at Sto-ber’s make it successful.

“I think there’s still a need for a store like this in Invermere,” he said.

Now that they’ve sold, the Stobers say they’ll spend summers in the valley and winters in Victoria. Dallas will pursue his passion, playing golf, and Patty said she’ll join him on the fairway.

Th e Stobers have no plans to return to work. Th e sale will be the end of Patty and Dallas’s retail careers, which they’ve pursued all of their adult lives.

“We’re calling it a sabbatical, because at age 50 I don’t think you should say you’re retiring,” he said.

Stobers sell storeCarrie Rickards, left, has purchased the downtown store from Patty and Dallas Stober.


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Moral victory for midget girls By Adrian BerglesPioneer Staff

The Columbia Val-ley Devils have a lot to be proud about after their play at the midget girls’ provincial champion-ships held in Invermere this week, says their coach Rob Rice.

“Overall, it was a great learning experi-ence,” said Mr. Rice. The girls didn’t win a game, and finished with four losses. However, they played well in three of their four games.

“The only thing I’m disappointed with was the first game,” he said. The girls lost that game 17-1 to the team from south Vancouver Island. The Island team members were all 17 years old, selected from about 150 girls who tried out, said the coach. The Devils, on the other hand, have some players as young as 13, who were needed to make a complete team because of the small-er pool of players here.

Theresa Ross said the tournament has been a very positive experience for all the teams involved. “The hockey has been very good,” she said.

Mrs. Ross said the tournament has been well-at-tended. She thanked the many volunteers who have been working to organize the tournament since Octo-

ber, especially assistant coach Loyal Goodey, who has been with the midget girls’ team for the past 10 years and will now be stepping down.

Mrs. Ross said highlights of the tournament in-cluded a banquet for all the players at Invermere’s Community Centre on Saturday and the opening cer-emonies on Sunday.

Two-time Olympic gold medallist and a five-time world champion in women’s hockey Cheryl Pounder spoke at the ceremonies.

“It shows the kids that it is possible,” said Ms. Pounder of her Olympic experience. “Coming to

Invermere is a great op-portunity to give some-thing back.”

Since winning her second Olympic gold medal at the games in Torino just over three weeks ago, the Mississau-ga, Ontario native’s life has been a whirlwind.

Ms. Pounder was en-ticed to come to the valley by her old friend, hockey player and teacher at Da-vid Thompson Secondary School, Daphne Neal.

Ms. Pounder and Mrs. Neal met years ago at a hockey school in Invermere. Ms. Pounder said over the years she’s made many trips to the Columbia Valley.

“I’ve hiked Jumbo,” she said, “but this is my first time back in a while.”

Ms. Pounder gave a five-minute speech to about 300 spectators and eight midget girls’ teams on hand for the ceremonies.

She spoke about her childhood dream of making the Olympics. She said her grandmother told her: ‘If you want to get there, you’ve got to go for it all the way.’

Ms. Pounder said she’s lived by those words ever since. She told the girls it is important to set goals.

“Aim high and reach for your dreams, because you absolutely never know,” she said.

Hockey gold medallist Cheryl Pounder opened the provincial tournament at the arena last Sunday.

The sound of clinking glasses, cheers and congrat-ulations greeted Invermere Olympian Christina Lus-tenberger and her parents Peter and Jane at a reception held in her honour at Strand’s restaurant last Sunday.

The restaurant was packed shoulder-to-shoulder with friends and well-wishers who came to welcome Christina home from the games in Torino, Italy where she competed in the women’s giant slalom.

Christina was thankful for the support and re-

mained humble about her Olympic experience. “It was just an honour to be there,” said the 21-year-old.

Strand’s owner and family friend Tony Wood said the gathering was a good chance to celebrate.

“It’s great to come together on a happy occasion for a change.”

Jane Lustenberger said the support Invermere has provided to Christina has been terrific. “It’s the small town,” she said. “Everybody just cares so much.”

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By Elinor FlorencePioneer Staff

Invermere’s 2006 Citizens of the Year are a couple of seniors who moved here from Calgary just 12 years ago, but have made an indelible mark on the com-munity.

Gail and Henry Hoffmann were named this week by the Rotary Club of Invermere, which presents the annual award as a way of honouring the spirit of vol-unteerism.

Together this compatible husband-and-wife team embody that spirit to the core.

“We’re the combo deal,” Gail laughs. “Somebody once said: ‘Get Gail on a board because then you get two for the price of one.’”

Since moving here, the Hoffmanns have been very active with the Christmas Bureau and the local Food Bank. Each year as Christmas approaches, their house turns into a warehouse as hundreds of gifts are dropped off for the Christmas hampers. Throughout the year, both serve as substitute client service workers.

In the past couple of years, the Hoffmanns have also served the community by acting as emergency foster parents, taking in children whose parents are temporarily unable to care for them. “We didn’t think it was right that the children should be shipped off to Cranbrook or Golden because there were problems,” says Gail.

“We’ve had some success,” says Henry, who served as a cub leader in Calgary for 25 years. “They come back and visit us.”

Individually, the Hoffmanns also go the extra mile.

Gail, 67, is a volunteer teacher at J. Alfred Laird School, and tutors children who need extra help. She worked on the Canada Day festivities for several years. Her latest position is on the board of the Invermere Public Library, where she is raising funds for a “sorely-needed” library expansion.

Henry, 73, is in charge of playing music for the Columbia Valley Figure Skating Club’s twice-an-nual show, and is the “Lion Tamer” for the Lake Windermere Lions Club, working as equipment man-ager and bartender for the service club.

The couple has also earned a reputation in the community for being good friends and good neigh-bours, always willing to help out with babysitting or odd jobs if someone needs a helping hand.

The couple’s nurturing nature drew them together back in 1960, when they met at a skating rink in Cal-gary.

Born in Denmark, Henry was the youngest of eight boys, “Henry the Eighth.” He emigrated to Canada on April 23, 1956 – exactly 50 years ago next month. He was a welder who later turned to metal fabrication.

Gail, an only child, had grown up in Flin Flon, Manitoba; and Calgary. After high school she went to Toronto and trained to become a florist. She was working at a flower shop in Calgary when she met the young Dane who was learning to skate, and learn-ing to speak English. “I thought she was pretty cute,” Henry admitted.

The couple wed a year later and started their fam-ily. Brian was born in 1962 and Brenda in 1964. The baby girl was still in diapers when the Hoffmanns ap-plied to become foster parents and nine-year-old Eve joined the family. “We just knew we wanted to have more children,” says Gail.

She was a full-time mother for the next five years, and then enrolled in university. She earned her four-year Bachelor of Education degree in three years.

For the next 20 years she taught elementary school,

earning an “Excellence in Teaching” award from the Calgary Board of Education in 1991.

During those years, the pair had strong roots in the skating world. Henry was vice-chairman of the music committee for skating during the 1988 Olym-pic Games, and Gail coached figure skating. “After we had children, our big evening out was to go ice-danc-ing together,” Gail recalls.

In 1985 the Hoffmanns came here to visit friends and ended up buying an empty lot. Monroe Hun-sicker built their modest chalet-style log house for $22,000, one of the first houses on Fort Point.

Health problems drove Gail to resign from teach-ing in 1994 and the same year, the Hoffmanns decided to give up life in the city and move to Invermere.

The children had grown up by then and the Hoff-manns developed a love for purebred Samoyeds. They are devoted dog-lovers who now own two beautiful animals, mother Cameo and daughter Perky.

As if their volunteer activities aren’t enough, Gail belongs to a book club and the local writers’ guild. She also loves to garden.

Henry works three days a week during the sum-mer as a golf marshall, and keeps his business licence so he can perform handyman work. He also plays bad-minton and curls in the seniors’ league.

The Hoffmanns enjoy visiting their children, two in Calgary and one in the process of moving there, and their four grandchildren. Last week they were thrilled to attend a celebration in Calgary called “Women of Vision” where their foster daughter Eve received spe-cial recognition for her work in addiction services.

And happily, in the last few years Gail’s health has returned to normal. The couple has travelled to Mex-ico, Costa Rica and Denmark. With energy to spare, Gail even took a trip to Egypt and Greece by herself last winter to visit friends. Next on their list of travels - Iceland.

Typically, they are modest about their contribu-tion.

“Don’t glorify us too much, or we might have to leave town,” Henry jokes.

And Gail insists that serving the community has been a pleasure. “Volunteers are the nicest people, and we have met the nicest people,” she says.

Both the Hoffmanns feel blessed to live here.“All these things have given us a place in Invermere,”

says Gail. “In a city the size of Calgary, you don’t have a place, not in the same way. This is our home now.”

Hoffmanns have made their mark

Henry and Gail Hoffmann with their Samoyed dogs:Perky, left; and Cameo, right.


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Dear Editor:

February’s B.C. Government provincial budget announcement was not joyously celebrated in the pub-lic education system. Despite Finance Minister Carol Taylor’s claims that this is a budget for children, the numbers presented will not give education the boost it needs.

Th e increase of 2.35 percent for education over the next three years will be almost entirely off set by the 2.33-percent projected declining enrolment in Rocky Mountain School District for 2006-2007 alone. When infl ation is factored in, increased utility, transporta-tion, and supply costs will result in a drop in per-pupil funding. Infl ation estimates are at six percent over the next three years. Th at means education funding will lag at least fi ve or six percent behind expenses in our district.

It is diffi cult to reconcile the meagre education spending in this budget with the government’s stated

commitment to reduce class sizes and improve class composition.

Over the past few months, with money saved from the ten protest days in October, several new teachers were hired in this school division to alleviate class size and class composition problems. In September, they will most likely be laid off again because of the fund-ing crunch. Without changes to class size limits in the Public School Act, and a fi nancial plan that funds those changes, class sizes will quickly climb back to the levels that drove teachers to civil disobedience last fall.

As fi nancial resources become fewer, the much needed restoration of school librarians, counsellors, learning assistants, and other specialist teachers will not be possible. Hiring of additional teacher aides for special needs students will not be possible.

Even keeping our remaining community schools open will become an uncertainty. Our board is once again deliberating on further school closures - it seems the seven schools already closed around the district

have not been enough to enable them to balance the budget.

When the budget increase for public schools is contrasted with the government’s 10.38 percent in-crease to private school funding, teachers are dismayed. It would appear that the Finance Minister’s document is a budget only for affl uent children.

Th e overwhelming majority of children of B.C., who attend the public schools, need and deserve a school system with sustainable service levels and stable funding, even in rural districts like this.

Local teachers are calling for all our partner groups - trustees, education support workers, administrators and principals, parents and grandparents, and munici-pal councils to speak out strongly and urge the B.C. government to fund the public education system so it can eff ectively serve the children of our province.

Anne Jardine Windermere Teachers’ Association

‘School funding cuts will hurt students’

Th is former hospital still standing on 10th Street just west of 13th Avenue is now an apartment building.

Th e fi rst hospital in the area, named Windermere District Hospital, was opened in Wilmer on June 27, 1900.

Eleven years later, the hospital moved into a two-sto-rey building in Wilmer that contained the valley’s fi rst operating room.

A new hospital, the third Windermere District Hospital, opened in July 1914 in Invermere. Th at is the building in this photograph.

Th e next hospital to serve the valley was the Lady Elizabeth Bruce Memorial Hospital, now the Pynelogs Cultural Centre. Th at was offi cially opened on May 12, 1937.

Th e hospital fi nally moved to its fi fth and fi nal loca-tion in 1958. Th e building currently in use is the second hospital on the same site.

Photo courtesy of Ray Crook


A message from AfghanistanEditor’s Note: Chris Hunt

of Edmonton is a Canadian soldier stationed at the Kanda-har Air field in Afghanistan. He sent this message to a few close friends on March 2, 2006 and agreed to allow us to publish it in The Pioneer. We hope our readers will find this first-hand impression interesting.

I’m doing well, although I miss my wife Danielle and baby Zoe. I’m settling into my new job and making friends with my fellow officers.

Canada officially took com-mand of coalition forces in Southern Afghanistan two days ago. It has been busy here, to say the least. My headquarters is still trying to get itself fully op-erational but the team is coming together very well. There are still some challenges as each nation has its own way of do-ing things and we are sorting out common procedures, but everyone is really positive and things are getting slicker every day.

The American Brigade Headquarters we replaced, Task Force Bayonet from the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sky Soldiers), did a superb job during the year they were here and they gave us an excellent handover.

In addition to combat operations against the Tal-iban, and training the Afghan Security Forces, the Americans did a number of significant civil projects. They built hundreds of kilometers of new roads (most-ly gravel, but a few kilometres of paved roads, too) into isolated mountain valleys to access remote villages that were formerly accessible only by tracks.

For example, one mountain village that used to be a 12-hour trip from Qalet City (provincial capi-tal of Zabul), was only two hours away once the road was built. This allowed the community better access to markets, information, health care, and jobs in Qalet.

The Americans also established a trade school in Qalet that now trains locals to be auto mechanics, car-penters, heavy equipment operators, computer opera-tors, or carpet weavers. This, too, was a success story as there is a shortage of Afghan skilled labour. Most skilled labour is brought in from Pakistan. The Ameri-cans also conducted regular visits to different remote villages with doctors, dentists, and veterinarians to provide free assistance to locals.

Support for the Taliban varies from area to area, but it is generally a small minority. Remote communi-ties are often coerced into providing sanctuary because they are so far away from security forces that they have no choice. The efforts of the Americans to establish themselves and the Afghan Army and police has forced the Taliban even deeper into remote areas.

This process will continue as Canadians extend our operations, more British and Dutch troops ar-rive, and especially as more Afghan police and soldiers are trained in the coming months. The fact that the Taliban have started to emphasize the use of impro-vised explosive devices and importing suicide bomb-ers, rather than getting into gun battles with coalition forces, shows they are on the defensive and using the tactics of the weak and cowardly.

These are guys who deliberately burn down girls’ schools, intimidate teachers and government officials by threatening their families, and who partially finance themselves by working with drug traffickers who pro-duce the majority of the world’s heroin from Afghan poppies. Nevertheless, they are a significant threat.

You probably heard in the news about the Canadi-an convoys that have had Rocket Propelled Grenades fired at them, along with some explosives that missed. We have been pretty lucky so far. One grenade hit a G-Wagon and passed right through it without going off, slightly wounding a young second lieutenant. He’s all right and led a patrol out the very next day.

The attacks happened on the road to Kandahar city from Kandahar Airfield, where I’m based. We’re taking a number of measures to eliminate the threat and I expect the road to Kandahar City to become more secure in the days and weeks ahead. The security measures here are extremely robust and there is prob-ably nowhere safer in Afghanistan.

I was somewhat disappointed to read in the news this week that two-thirds of Canadians polled were against participating in the war in Afghanistan. Af-ghanistan is not Iraq. As a father and a husband, I’d rather be at home with Zoe and Danielle. But as a fa-ther, I’m glad that our mission helps set the conditions for girls here to have some of the opportunities Zoe will take for granted, like going to school.

As a soldier, I’m proud to be serving on this mission that I believe to be noble and just. As a Canadian, I’m proud that Canada has decided to assist the democratically-elected (for the first time ever last fall) Govern-ment of Afghanistan establish the rule of law.

Once we get things a little more secure here in the south, hopefully the aid agencies will start to move in more money and materiel. The majority of people here want positive change. They are sick of war and medieval stan-dards of living.

The good news is they have seen improvement since the Tal-iban were overthrown in 2001. Guys who have done previous tours in Afghanistan are surprised how far it has come. That said, there is still a minority who want

to turn back the clock on Afghanistan, and we’ll have to help to defeat them.

This mission is all about Canadian values. It’s about bringing peace, order, and good government to a people who desperately want it. They proved that by voting last fall, and now it’s time for Canada to stand up and help.

This mission is more dangerous than this genera-tion of Canadians is used to. Yesterday I attended my first “Ramp Ceremony.” Every soldier who was not on duty turned out on the runway at 3:30 a.m. to see off our fallen comrade: an American soldier killed in a gun battle in the mountains. There were probably 2,000 soldiers formed several ranks deep on either side of the back of a U.S. cargo aircraft. The fallen soldier’s own section-mates carried his casket down the lane formed by saluting soldiers on either side and onto the aircraft. It was an extremely solemn and moving occasion, and unfortunately it won’t be the last one I attend.

Tomorrow will be even tougher as we send home a fallen Canadian who was killed when his vehicle rolled over when the road gave way. There are a few other guys still in hospital from the accident. A lot of the roads here are almost as dangerous as the Taliban.

Sorry, but I had to get this rant off my chest be-cause I really don’t think Canadians understand what this mission is about. The Minister of National De-fence and the Chief of Defence Staff were honest about it when they travelled across Canada last summer on a speaking tour. But the media ignored the story and the public never picked up on it. The time for debate was last summer and during the election.

Now it’s time to focus on what we can do to help Afghanistan get on its feet and walk on its own. Then we can go home.

Stephen Harper met Chris Hunt this week in Afghanistan.


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Debbie Fenton is turning her dream ca-reer as a music promot-er into reality.

She began her pro-motional career book-ing musicians into her old business, Bobbie’s Cafe in Invermere, as a fundraiser for the David Thompson Sec-ondary School music program.

“That was when my foray into music began,” said Ms. Fenton, 42, who since November has been organizing musical concerts for the Columbia Valley Arts Council. The council’s Bistro Series features blues and folk performances at Pynelogs Cultural Centre in Invermere.

She first began booking musical acts into Bobbie’s, which she ran with her mother, Bobbie, until it closed in 2002. “We started getting phone calls: ‘Hey, we’ve got a band coming through are you interested?’” she said. “We realized that something magic was happening.”

A highlight of her promotional ca-reer was booking Vancouver pop artist Barney Bentall. “People drove in from Calgary, Golden and the Okanagan for that show,” she said. “We had 75 people there and only room for 25.”

Deb said the success she enjoyed with that show solidified her passion for music promoting in the Columbia Valley. “I knew if we could draw people just like that we could be known as an entertainment valley, not just a golf val-ley,” she said.

Deb decided that she wanted to open a pub and feature live music above the little cafe, to be called the On Top Pub. Unfortunately the pub’s request for a liquor licence was denied, and eventu-ally the cafe closed.

“When that decision came back as a no, I have to say my spirit was broken,” said Deb, with a note of bitterness in her voice. “In fact, I just made the last payment on the loan I took out for that application,” she said. “It still hurts.”

The single mother of two sons - Ian, 13, and Ward, 12 - got the chance to

get back into promo-tion when she got a call from Columbia Valley Arts Council Vice Pres-ident Chris Evans to help organize live music events at the Pynelogs. She was thrilled.

“I had to stay cool; meanwhile I was jump-ing out of my skin.”

Deb made a pre-sentation to the board and six weeks later she got a phone call telling her she would be given a three show run. “So

those three shows turned into five,” she said, smiling.

The Bistro Series evolved out of those original shows. It is a once-a-month concert catered by a guest barris-ta, a coffee shop owner. “We’re creating a coffee house effect,” said Ms. Fenton.

But Ms. Fenton isn’t content to stop there. She has created a promo-tions company, which she fittingly calls On Top Productions, and plans to host bigger events in the valley. “I want to produce the Columbia Valley Music Festival,” she said proudly. “That’s my dream.”

Deb said her favorite music is rock and roll, and the person she’d most like to bring to the valley is rock legend Eric Clapton.

She said when it comes to booking shows, Invermere’s location between Calgary and Vancouver is phenomenal. “We’re that perfect spot between the two cities,” she said.

Deb says the reward she gets from organizing a show comes from a satis-fied audience. “The biggest perk is when I look and see my audience and they’re full of good energy and music,” she said. “Hopefully they enjoy the music and forget the day’s stresses.”

“That,” she said “is my drug.”Upcoming Bistro Series performers

include the following:• Irish songstress Mary Murphy on

St. Patrick’s Day, March 17;• Canadian Folk singer David Essig,

April 9;• Juno-winning country and folk

singer Fred Eaglesmith, April 15;• Mike Allen Quartet, May 3.

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Th e Pioneer is pleased to off er this free weekly feature for coming events around the valley.

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• March, 15, 16, 17, 18: Brokeback Mountain• March 22, 23, 24, 25: Last Holiday

March 17

• 8:00 pm: Pynelogs Cultural Centre, Mary Murphy and Paul Keim performing. Doors open at 7:00 pm. Tickets $15, available at Dave’s Book Bar, Stober’s, and Pynelogs. Contact Debbie at 342-7108.• 1:00 pm: “Hunt for the Leprechaun’s Gold,” a youth event held at Panorama Mountain Village.•8:00 pm: Saint Patrick’s Day Concert. MARY MURPHY, Celtic Singer. Pynelogs Cultural Centre. Doors open at 7 pm. Concert starts at 8 pm. Tickets at Pynelogs, Dave’s Book Bar and Stobers•7:30pm: Square Dance hosted by the Columbia Valley Twirlers Square Dance Club of Radium at the Radium Community Centre.

March 18

• 7 pm: “Winter Wonderland” includes a magic show, entertainers, bounce castles & carnival games in the Great Hall of the Ski Tip Lodge.• 10:00 am: Artym Gallery. Art exhibition opens fea-turing 60 new paintings by Alex Fong, Ken Gillespie,

Robyn Lake and Shana. Reception from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm with Alex, Ken and Robyn in attendance. Exhibition continues until March 25.• 1:30pm: Plus Square Dance hosted by the Colum-bia Valley Twirlers Square Dance Club of Radium at the Radium Community Centre.•7:30pm: Square Dance hosted by the Columbia Val-ley Twirlers Square Dance Club of Radium at the Ra-dium Community Centre.

March 19

• 11am: Square Dance Buff et brunch dance at the Radium Resort.

March 21

• 7 pm: Invermere Slo-Pitch and Men’s League Meeting. Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena - mezzanine. A representative from each team should be there.

March 23

• 7 pm: College of the Rockies Cranbrook Campus, world-renowned journalist, columnist, broadcaster, and lecturer on International Aff airs Gwynne Dyer gives a FREE presentation. Limited seating, call 250-489-8243 for more information.

March 25-26

• Volunteers are needed to take the two-day Coach-ing Course for Archery in Cranbrook on March 25th & 26th 2006. Coaches are need to help out with the Windermere Rod and Gun Club’s weekly archery practices and shoots. Call 342-9033 or 342-5343 or email sunfl [email protected].

March 25

•10am-2pm: Flea Market/Craft Sale hosted by the

Ladies Legion Auxilary Branch #71. Includes lunch, $4.00. To book a table or for more information, call Sylvia 342-6559.

March 31

•Th ird Annual Kokanee Peak to Valley Team Race at Panorama Mountain Village. Skiers and snowboard-ers of all abilities are welcome to participate.

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• 7 pm Wednesdays, Archery, Invermere Hall.• Climbing Wall, J.A. Laird School gym. 3-6 pm Fridays; 5-8 pm Saturdays and Sundays; $5 drop-in fee. Call 342-6232 for info. • 7 pm: Bingo at the Invermere Seniors’ Centre, 1309-14th Street, every 2nd and 4th Th ursday.• 7 pm: Community Hymn Sing at the Lake Windermere Alliance Church, every second Sunday of the month. Enjoy singing your favourite hymns, your participation is welcome with solos, duets, trios, quartettes, and instrumentals. Phone 342-5961 for more information.• Windermere Fire Department is seeking community minded volunteers for their team. Contact Aaron at 342-3965.

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Wings Over the Rockies Art Show at Pynelogs Cultural Centre

As a tribute to the renowned WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES event taking place in our area, CV Arts is once again proud to be host to the WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES ART SHOW to be held April 25th through May 7th, 2006 at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. We would like to invite all Local Artists and Artisans for their submissions.

PYNELOGS CULTURAL CENTRE is located next to Kinsmen Beach on the shores of Lake Windermere.

We encourage all disciplines that range from Poetry, Short Stories, Sculpture, Carving, Pottery, Paintings and Photography to Music or Dance. Multi-medium to multi-media productions will all be considered. Please submit your information by noon April 15th. Selections will be fi nalized April 17th and the successful artists contacted by phone or email April 18th.

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Waterside open house set for March 30By Adrian BerglesPioneer Staff

An open house on the proposed Waterside De-velopment is planned for Th ursday, March 30 from 3 to 6 p.m.

Th e meeting is tentatively set for the Invermere Community Centre.

Th e open house is the fi rst step that must be completed by the group of three developers behind the project - Octagon Properties, Cascade Engi-neering Group of Canmore, and BKDI Architects of Calgary - said District of Invermere chief admin-istrative offi cer Chris Prosser.

“It’s a step they have to take to get prelimi-nary comments before a public hearing,” said Mr. Prosser.

Th e developers are seeking to have their proper-ty rezoned and have Invermere’s offi cial community

plan amended to allow for their combined residen-tial and retail development downtown.

Members of the public are invited to attend and provide the district with their feedback and com-ments on the proposal. An offi cial public hearing will be scheduled later.

District representatives and the builders will be in attendance, said Mr. Prosser.

Th e proposed development on Lake Windermere behind the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena in-cludes a hotel and restaurant, conference centre, commercial and retail space, 570 residential units, a train station, a public boat slip, a pedestrian over-pass to the lakefront, and a boardwalk leading to James Chabot Park in Athalmer.

Th e proposed development has been eagerly awaited by some residents and downtown business-es, while others have expressed concern about the size and the height of the proposed buildings.


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By Norm Macdonald, MLAColumbia River-Kootenay

Th e past few weeks have been dominated by two main issues.

Provincially and in the Legislature, the primary story has been health care in the province’s interior. First, the sad circumstances surrounding the death of Fanny Albo raised issues around elder care. Second, the severe over-crowding of the Kelowna General Hospital raised issues with acute care. Interior Health’s delivery of health services has been called into question and concerns have been raised about whether Interior Health is being held accountable for their actions.

On a more local level, a number of our communi-ties have been facing decisions on land-use. Questions have also been raised about who should make land use decisions, local government or provincial govern-ment.

Th e common themes that run through both of these issues are local control and local accountability. Th e best decisions are made by those who are most informed about the issues presented and most aff ected by the repercussions of those decisions. Th e best deci-sions are made when the decision-makers are directly accountable to the people they represent.

My background is in local government. Local gov-ernments have to be responsive to the people. A lo-cal mayor or councillor in a small town has to go to the same post offi ce as his or her constituents. Th at

provides a real level of accountability. If you make a bad decision you will hear about it.

Interior Health is responsible for providing health care to interior residents. Over and over I have had constituents raise this concern about Interior Health.

Is Interior Health accountable to me and my community? Most con-stituents would answer that in fact there is no accountability to commu-nities.

Recently, a number of land use issues in the Koo-tenays have been addressed by local government. Th ere has been much discussion about areas like Jumbo and who should make the decision on how our back coun-try should be used.

I maintain that we must always step up and make our own decisions. Even when those decisions are dif-fi cult and onerous, it is always better to keep respon-sibility local.

I also maintain that those larger bodies who over-see service provision must be accountable to the people they serve. Appointed boards with no ties to commu-nities do not provide accountability. We need to fi nd a better way to serve rural communities.

I hope that you will continue to share your sto-ries and concerns with me. It is through your input that I can most eff ectively represent you. Contact me at: Box 2052, Golden, V0A 1H0; 1-866-870-4188; [email protected].

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By Sandra KellySpecial to Th e Pioneer

If you love Souvlaki as much as I do, you’ll drive a long way to fi nd a good Greek restaurant. In the Windermere Valley, the trip just got shorter.

Taste of Greece is now open for business in the Skookum Inn on High-way 93 near Windermere. Th e restau-rant serves all the traditional Greek dishes plus everyone’s favorite western fare. Th ere are separate, and extensive, menus for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch. Casual attire is fi ne, and reservations are not required.

Best of all, Taste of Greece is a fam-ily restaurant where Mom and Dad can indulge their love of Greek food while the kids enjoy more child-friendly fare.

On the breakfast menu, you’ll fi nd all the standard breakfast dishes. You’ll also fi nd some nice surprises: Greek, Canadian, Vegetarian and Mexican-style “skillets,” and treats such as Cin-namon and French Toast. Breakfast is served from 7-11 a.m.

Th e luncheon menu off ers soups and salads, including a tasty Greek salad, Souvlaki, burgers, pasta dishes, sandwiches, subs, steaks and seafood. Th e entrées include such exotic choices as smokies, veal and chicken cutlets, and baby beef liver with onions.

Last Saturday, my husband Bob and I decided to give the dinner menu at Taste of Greece a try. With so many tempting choices - chicken and veal dishes, Greek ribs, salmon steak and deep-fried oysters, steaks and stir-frys -

it was hard to make a decision. Ditto for the appetizers: How do

you choose between Spanakopita (Fillo pastry stuff ed with spinach, feta cheese and onions), and Dolmades (grape leaves stuff ed with beef and rice)? We fi nally settled on Greek Meatballs and Calamari. Th e meatballs were succulent and spicy, and the Calamari was the best we’ve had in any restaurant.

For the main event, Bob chose the Lemon Chicken, and I opted for the Chicken Souvlaki. Both entrées came with soup, Greek salad, rice and Greek-style potatoes. Mine included fresh Pita bread. Our portion sizes were generous, and the food was simply delicious. We ended our dinner with - what else? - Baklava, a dessert straight from heaven.

Th e next day, we returned to Taste of Greece just to try the Greek-style chicken wings. Th ey were hot and crisp and tasty - defi nitely worth the trip.

George Zigopoulos, who owns Taste of Greece, has been in the restaurant business for 40 years. He came to Cana-da from Greece in 1964, and opened his fi rst restaurant in Prince Albert, Sask. In 1988 he moved to Alberta, where he owned restaurants in Hanna, Tro-chu and Calgary. His 21-year-old son, George Junior, jokes that he was “born into the restaurant business.”

Mr. Zigopoulos said he is “very pleased” that Taste of Greece has been open only a few weeks and is already do-ing a brisk business. Th e “two Georges” are putting in long hours at the restau-rant now, and are looking forward to a busy summer season.

Greek restaurant comes to Windermere

Taste of Greece has opened in the Skookum Inn on the highway near Windermere.


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• March 4: Police responded to an assault at the Summit Youth Centre in Invermere. Investigation found that an intoxicated youth female had assaulted a patron, and upon being evicted, had broken a door. Investigation continues.

• March 5: Police received report of a stolen pick-up. The vehicle, a 1984 blue GMC BCL No. 8813JE

had been parked on 7th Avenue overnight. The owner returned the following day and the vehicle was miss-ing. Anyone spotting this vehicle is asked to contact police.

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• March 7: Police stopped a vehicle on Hwy 93/95 near Invermere for a Motor Vehicle Act investigation. Police detected an odour of marijuana and the vehicle’s two occupants were arrested.

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A chorus of barks and yelps from dozens of dogs greet visitors to the Dobson place.

Th e acreage in Athalmer beside Toby Creek owned by John and Carol Dobson is a haven for unwanted dogs that Carol has rescued during her past six years as Invermere’s dog control offi cer.

A nine-month-old Komondor “pup” weighing 115 pounds named Kootenay is the most imposing of the lot. As Kootenay stands up on his hind legs against a fence, his giant frame makes him look almost human.

At Kootenay’s feet, dogs bark and jump with excitement. Little dogs, big dogs, puppies, and even old dogs. Th ey aren’t for adoption, however. Th ey be-long to Jack and Carol. “I don’t have any kids,” said Carol. “Th ese dogs are my children.”

For Carol, 50, born and raised in Windermere, and John, 55, who came to the valley on vacation 38 years ago and never left, the animal kingdom includes more than dogs.

Behind the house is a corral full of chickens, three ducks and a lamb. In an insulated building lies Porky, a potbellied pig. A number of cats patrol the corral.

Th e animals have been collected over the years.“A lot of people call me and ask me to come and

get them,” says Carol, who estimates 60 percent of her dogs are rescued.

“I have a really soft heart for little dogs, but I’m getting better as I get older,” said Carol. “I don’t want any more dogs.”

Th e animals are a big responsibility for the Dob-sons, who estimate they spend $12,000 to $15,000 on food, grooming, vet fees and antibiotics for the vari-ous animals. Th ey often rely on Invermere vet Mark Zehnder and the staff at the Invermere Veterinary Hospital. “Th ey’re very, very good to us,” said Carol.

Th e Dobsons, who have been married for 13 years, can’t take vacations at the same time. “One of us has to be here,” says Jack.

Last year Invermere’s resident cougar, which trav-elled up and down the Toby Creek all last summer, came too close to the Dobson place for comfort. Th e large cat killed two of the Dobson dogs, three ducks, a lamb, several chickens and a large goose named George.

“All the dogs missed George,” said Carol. “Th ey missed their leader; he was a big bird.”

Despite their troubles, the Dobsons have found their calling with animals. “I’m defi nitely doing what I love,” said Carol.

Jack is supportive of his wife and her fondness for animals. “I wouldn’t have it any other way,” said Jack, who works as a concrete fi nisher.

During the week Carol can be spotted around town in her dark-blue late-model Dodge Durango SUV doing her duty as the town’s dog catcher. “I drive around all the time, said Carol. “It’s a full-time job, 24 hours, seven days a week.”

Besides looking for strays, Carol makes sure dogs are licensed and on a leash - the law in Invermere - and even steps into the odd domestic doggie situation. People will call to complain about a neighbour’s bark-ing dog or doggie doo-doo showing up on their yard.

“I go talk to the people and try to talk reason,” said Carol. “I give them two or three tries, and then I fi ne them.”

Carol reminds owners that it is very important to licence their dogs, “It’s easier because if they’re lost I can fi nd their home,” she said.

And she said having animals spayed or neutered is urgent. “It is so important,” said Carol, “especially for cats. Th e number of stray cats in Invermere is just ridiculous.”

If you need Carol, call her at 342-1707.

Love me, love my dogsJohn and Carol Dobson just can’t help bringing home stray dogs and giving them a good home.


Ken Gillespie “Paint Dipped Pine” Oil 30”x40”

Show opening with Alex Fong, Shana, Ken Gillespie & Robyn LakeSATURDAY, MARCH 18th 10am-5pm

6pm-9pm evening reception with Alex, Ken & RobynShow continues until March 25th

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By Deanna BerringtonSpecial to The Pioneer

As spring begins, so do the shows at the Artym! The first show of 2006 is all about enjoying the good things in life, including good wine and especially (of course) good art. Wine always seems to compliment art, and vice versa, so why not combine the two?

The Artym has selected four artists known for their wine or vineyard-themed paintings (and, of course, for their appreciation of vino in general!) to create a col-lection of new pieces for this March 18th show.

Shana, an Ontario-based artist, is well-known for her paintings of funky wine bottles and glasses, which bring to mind rich conversations with friends over a great bottle of (insert your favourite wine here!) The rich tones and texture of her paintings evoke a sense of warmth and fun that is impossible to resist. Her figurative work is thoughtful and evocative.

Ken Gillespie, an Okanagan artist, lends his brush to capture the vineyards there. Much as he loves to paint the rows of grape vines, Ken is drawn to wilder scenes - the last vestiges of snow melting in a forest of birch trees, isolated farm houses at sunset and light re-flecting on mountain lakes. His loose and bold brush strokes give Ken’s work a distinctive style that is very recognizable, and incredibly appealing.

Also from the Okanagan, Robyn Lake is one of the Artym’s newest painters. She uses bright colours to create her amazing floral, still life and landscape acrylic paintings. Her bold renditions of fruit and flowers are vibrant and attention-grabbing, while her paintings depicting single trees are vivid and compelling. Robyn often paints the vineyards that dot the hillsides in the Okanagan, bringing them to life with vivid tones and wonderful light.

The fourth artist is another Okanagan resident who is very well-known around the Columbia valley - Alex Fong was an obvious choice for this show! Always using myriad styles, mediums and subjects, Alex has even painted labels for wine bottles for an Okanagan winery. For this show, he has created a wonderfully unique painting of Invermere itself! Inspired by the charming heritage buildings restored at the museum, Alex has created a painting of historic Invermere, with various animals crowding the street. You can see his trademark confetti dots creating the feel of a parade.

This show, featuring over 60 brand new paintings from Shana, Alex, Robyn and Ken opens on Saturday, March 18th at 10 a.m. The show will continue until 5 p.m., and then culminate in a reception at the Artym from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. which Alex Fong, Ken Gillespie and Robyn Lake will attend.

The exhibition continues until March 25th.

Artists inspired by the vineyard

Alex Fong has created a painting of historic Invermere.

SPRING THAW - Warm weather means the ice on Lake Windermere at the edge of James Chabot Park in Athalmer is breaking up. Photo by Simon Ducatel


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UPPER COLUMBIA VALLEYBy Bob Ede, Photos from Ede Family Collection

Years ago when I was a youngster, my father would take me out to Steamboat Mountain to fish the lakes found there. I was told the mountain was named Steamboat because at the turn of the century the steamboat whistles could be heard seeping through the spruce, lining the rock bluffs anywhere on the mountain.

Later on I started hiking up other mountains in the area. I noticed Steamboat Mountain sits alone in the middle of the Columbia Valley like a giant boat heading up river - possibly another reason for its namesake.

It was while looking through historical photos of valley steamboats that these memories came back to me.

One of the first boats to travel the Columbia between Golden and Windermere and Columbia Lakes was Duchess No. 1, launched in 1886 by Captain Francis Patrick Armstrong. It was built from salvaged lumber from an old barn in Donald and had engines made in 1840 that originally served a catamaran ferry in Quebec.

Even in these early days tourists were drawn to the area. Adventure travellers and authors J.A. Lees and W. J. Clutterbuck give a vivid description of ascending the Columbia on Armstrong’s Duchess No. 1 in the historic book “A Ramble in B.C.” Of interest is the illustration they give as they near the end of the riverboat trip just before entering Lake Windermere.

“For a mile or two below the outlet of the lake is very shallow, its bottom consisting of huge gravel beds, the spawning grounds for most of the Columbia salmon and at this late period of year it can only be navigated by daylight. The chief difficulty (and this is not a traveller’s tale) is caused by the immense number of fish heaping up the gravel.”

The boats were undoubtedly built to draw very little water even under a load, but must have run only during high-water season as the “late period of year” mentioned above was written August 22nd, 1887.

Many photographs of the steamboats show large stacks of cord wood piled on the docks. One can only imagine that the motors must have had a voracious appetite for fuel to power the stout vessels against Columbia’s current.

The Columbia Valley steamboats enjoyed a brief but rich history in this area. They played an important role in transportation and the building of towns in the valley. Many photographs can be seen in the Windermere Valley Museum of boats docking with passengers on deck in their Sunday best, possibly excited to be arriving for the first time at their new-found home.

With a railway line built through the area in 1914, the steamboats were dying technology, and quit running almost as fast as they started. Motors and lumber were salvaged from the boats. Some were sunk while others were used for houseboats or transporting logs along Windermere and Columbia Lakes.

In a letter written in the 1970s from Harry Richardson to Ron Ede Sr., both men having grown up in Windermere in the 1920’s and now both deceased, Mr. Richardson reminisced:

“The City of Windermere, (SS Pert) which was abandoned and beached above high water, near the cemetery, stood for years at that location and acted as a “playboat” for many school boys during recess and after school hours for many years.”

I can spend hours looking at historic photographs of the area or combing over the words written by valley pioneers. My satisfaction may come from my incapacity to truly understand time. I know what time does to each of our faces, but have a hard time thinking that the era of the riverboats was really that long ago. The only steamboat now left that rises above the Columbia is the mountain.

Steamboats

DUCHESS, NO. 1 ~ The first steamboat on the Upper Columbia River. Built in 1886 by Captain Francis Patrick Armstrong. It was built with salvaged lumber from a mill in Donald.

SS PERT ~ Later renamed City of Windermere. Launched in Golden in 1887. Served the A. W. Tegart logging operation in Windermere. In operation from 1887 to 1913. Photo circa 1898, in canal at Canal Flats.

DUCHESS, NO. 2 ~ Docked at Windermere Point (island by Windermere Beach). Launched in 1888 in Golden for F. P. Armstrong. Note the piled-up cordwood on the right of the photo. Photo circa 1898.

ISABELL, KLAHOWYA AND NOWITKA ~ Docked at the wharf in Athalmer. All of these boats wereoperated by the Columbia River Lumber Co. Photo circa 1911.

SS KLAHOWYA ~ A majestic riverboat of the era. Over 90 feet long, it served the Columbia Valley south of Golden to the north end of Columbia Lake. Klahowya means “good morning, friend” in Chinook.

16 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer March 17, 2006 The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 17March 17, 2006


By Harold Hazelaar The Oldtimers’ Windup

dinner at Radium Resort was a wild success this year. The seafood was fabulous and the attendance was the highest ever. After all of our usual awards presentations and rookie initiations, we

were all treated to a hilairious ninety minutes of com-edy provided by “Kendal the warmup guy” and An-drew Grose, one of Canada’s funniest comedians.

The 2005-06 CVOHA Awards listed in order of importance:

League’s Most Sportsmanlike Award: Darrell SmithTeam Player of the Year ( for any reason ): Huckleberry Hawks : Joe Evanoff Warwick Wolves: Harold Hazelaar Inside Edge Black Smoke: Aaron Metheral Hi-Heat Batters: Adrian Messerli

Petro-Canada Killer Tomatoes: Gord Felker Lake Auto Mustangs: John Rose Valley Vision Vultures: Dan Godlien Dale Christian Mudders: Gord OsterreidPlayoff Losers: Lake Auto MustangsPlayoff Winners: Warwick WolvesThus ends our season, and with it this disturbing

question: How many times can a guy lose his hockey pants

in one season?The answer is two. Just ask Pat Findlater!

Results from March 8:Warwick over Petro-Canada, Valley Vision over

Dale Christian, Hi-Heat over Huckleberry and Inside Edge over Lake Auto.

Results from March 10:Warwick over Hi-Heat, Dale Christian over Inside

Edge, Valley Vision over Petro-Canada and Huckle-berry over Lake Auto Mustangs.

The Old Zone is brought to you by:

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Leagues available for children/youth ages 4-18

T-ball 4 – 5 years oldCal Ripken Rookies 6 – 8 years old (Coach Pitch)

Cal Ripken Majors 9 – 12 years oldJr. Girls Softball/Fastball 9 – 12 years oldSr. Girls Softball/Fastball 13 – 18 years oldBabe Ruth baseball 13 – 15 years old

Register until March 31stLate fee after April 1st

Forms distributed through SCHOOLS and available fromD. R. Sports and The Inside Edge Sports Store

Registration forms printed by Palliser Printing

If you would like to be a part of minor baseballie. Coaching, Managing, Umping, etc.

Contact Jared Enns 342-5588

Name: Lance PrymackNickname: Romance, BubblesFavorite Memory: One time I heard this weird rattling noise come out of my whistle. It turned out to be a small ball that was put inside the whistle. Luckily I was able to get it out.

Referees in the C.V.O.H.A.

Name: Doug HagenNickname: Stevie Wonder, Ray CharlesFavorite Memory:Listening to Jim explain the rules.

Referees in the C.V.O.H.A.

The Columbia Valley Oldtimers’ Hockey Association winning team for 2005/06 is the Warwick Wolves.

OPENING DATE set for the

SPRINGS GOLF COURSE Friday, March 24th

Mid-week tickets now available for the Springs and Resort Courses

SPRINGS MID-WEEK TICKETS*18 Holes: $56.00 (Reg. $69)

18 Holes with Power Cart: $71.00 (Reg. $84)

RESORT MID-WEEK TICKETS*18 Holes: $37.00 (Reg. $45)

18 Holes with Power Cart: $50.00 (Reg. $58)

*Mid-week Green Fee Tickets are valid Monday - Thursday throughout the 2006

season*Tickets are fully transferable

*Plus applicable taxes

ACT NOW!! Offer Expires on March 31, 2006For more information please contact the Pro Shops

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Wednesday Night Pasta Frenzy 5 pm – 9 pm

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Columbia Valley Arts Council

Annual General MeetingWednesday March 29th – 7 pm

at Pynelogs Cultural Centre

• Election of Officers • Review of Financial Position• Reception to follow

Come out and support your community Arts CouncilEveryone Welcome!

Four Invermere girls and two Canal Flats girls are members of the East Kootenay PeeWee team.

Pee Wee girls competing in provincialsBy Adrian BerglesPioneer Staff

Six local girls from Invermere and Canal Flats are playing their hearts out in Armstrong, B.C. at the pro-vincial AAA PeeWee girls’ championship.

The tournament began in the Okanagan commu-nity on Sunday. As of Wednesday morning the girls sat in fourth place in the B division. They had lost the first two games, but they still had a chance to make the playoff round.

As well as girls from the two valley communities, players on the East Kootenay team - girls aged 10-13 - come from Kimberley and Cranbrook. The team is coached by Dave Juhasz of Cranbrook.

“The tournament has been outstanding,” said Bill Greene, president of the North Okanagan Minor Hockey Association. “The level of female hockey at the peewee level has been outstanding,” he said.

Mr. Greene said the girls from East Kootenay have been outstanding representatives for our area.

The East Kootenay players, selected from other PeeWee teams, are some of the strongest in their age group in the region.

Julia Blakley, 13; Haley MacDonald, 12; Gracy Jones, 12; Katie Milligen, 11; are all from Invermere.

Cariann Breton, 13; and Sierra Sterzer, 13; are both from Canal Flats. These are the six players repre-senting the East Kootenays.

The team of 16 is also made up of eight girls from Cranbrook and one girl from Kimberley. The girls are wearing the jersey of Cranbrook’s Western Hockey League team, the Kootenay Ice, said Franci Sterzer, mother of Sierra, from Canal Flats.

The children are away from school on spring break and many parents have made the trip with their kids to the Okanagan, said Mrs. Sterzer. The tournament is a chance for the girls to play against top-quality com-petition, said Mrs. Sterzer.

“It’s the best opportunity they have to see what’s going on out there,” she said.

Two of the girls, Gracy Jones and Sierra Sterzer, played with the boys this season and it will be their first chance to play girls’ hockey.

All of the girls are aspiring hockey players.“There are huge opportunities for girls in hockey

right now,” said Mrs. Sterzer.

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Processing some eight million cans and bottles a year, the Invermere Bottle Depot and Recycling Centre has seen some drastic changes over the last six years, said owner Larry Rehaume.

“It’s a good business; I enjoy it,” he says, “It’s a non-pressure job.”

Employing seven workers during the summer, but only three during the winter, including Mr. Rehaume and his youngest son Darcy, the depot handles mind-boggling volumes of deposit recyclables.

An average week brings in 30,000 beer cans and 900 dozen beer bottles, said Mr. Rehaume, who’s lived in the valley since 1995.

Th e summer rush makes for fi ve full truck loads a week – two semis and three smaller trucks. Winter’s bitter chill cuts that amount in half.

Rising every year, the rate of returned recyclables in B.C. is about 87 per cent, said

Mr. Rehaume. Th is means that for every 100 bottles sold, 87 will be returned. Th at fi gure has been rising steadily each year, he said.

Over the last few years, there has been a sharp increase in the volume of recyclables - about three million pop cans and fi ve million other bottles and cans, said Mr. Rehaume.

Th is rapid growth has prompted Mr. Rehaume to expand his operation to include a drop-off for old electronics. Although no refund will be issued for an old television or broken keyboard, the pay-off lies in knowing that the dumps aren’t needlessly fi lling up. Mr. Rehaume, who will make a small profi t on electronics, hopes to be ready for them next year.

Rinsing refundable glass bottles is im-portant as it doesn’t take much to spoil a load due to contaminants, said Mr. Rehaume. Th e glass ends up in Cranbrook, along with pop and beer cans, for crushing before continu-

ing the road to recycling. Brown domestic beer bottles, however,

are sent to Edmonton and refi lled after sani-tization, said Mr. Rehaume.

Avoid bringing non-refundable plastics, which includes pesky milk jugs, as Mr. Re-haume can’t do anything with them.

Married for 35 years, the father of three – two boys and one girl – is very involved with the community.

Last year, his business collected $800 for the food bank.

He also helps boy scouts and other groups to organize bottle drives for fund-raising.

In a bid to get kids more involved, Mr. Rehaume has even held competitions be-tween schools to see who can raise the most money.

Anyone looking to raise funds through a bottle drive should get in touch with Mr. Rehaume at 342-7272.

Waste Not,Want Not

For every 100 bottles sold in B.C., 87 are returned for recycling. Here bottle depot employees Pride Lowe, left, and Darcy Rehaume, centre, accept returned products from a customer.

All storiesby Simon Ducatel

Bottle depot recycles millions


Those blue and yellow recycling bins sure come in handy around the valley, but where do their contents go?

Covering a huge area including the Regional Dis-trict of the East Kootenays, a Cranbrook-based busi-ness called South Sky Recycling contracts a fleet of trucks to keep our bins empty.

From cans to cardboard, the company recycles almost everything. The flow of incoming recyclables keeps the 16 employees busy, shipping out some eight truck loads a week.

The trucks’ destinations depend on the materials they’re hauling.

Domestic beer bottles go off to Creston, B.C. All other beer-sized bottles, like coolers and import beer, are sent to the Okanagan, said Bob Hockley, president of South Sky Recycling.

Beer cans are shipped to breweries in Vancouver and destined to become new cans, said assistant man-ager Kevin Hockley. Pop cans are shipped to Post Falls, near Spokane, where they are made into new cans.

Rinsing out the empty cans isn’t crucial, but leave on the pull-tab since it’s recyclable, too.

It takes only a few weeks to recycle a used can and have it refilled and back on the merchant’s shelf, said Bob Hockley.

Plastic pop bottles end up at Merlin Plastic in Van-

couver and are re-used for many purposes. Recently, they’ve been made into park benches, said Kevin.

South Sky Recycling moves a lot of glass, with two truck loads a week weighing in at some 95,000 pounds, said Kevin Hockley.

As for beer cans, an average week hauls 10,000 pounds. Pop cans account for some 12,000 pounds and plastic pop bottles, about eight thousand pounds.

Five truckloads of used paper and cardboard weighing about 50,000 pounds per load are returned for recycling.

Crushed glass, also called cullet, ends up in Aird-rie to be used for insulation, said Kevin. Steel and tin cans are usually shipped to Regina.

In the month of February 2006 alone, more than 130,000 pounds of paper from the Columbia Val-ley were reclaimed, according to Tyler Anderson of Cranbrook, operations manager for Southeast Dis-posal, one of the trucking companies that works for South Sky.

That figure leaps in the summer. Last August, more than 220,000 pounds of paper and cardboard were collected.

Cardboard eventually ends up in Portland, Or-egon, to be mixed with raw materials to create new cardboard. Spokane is the final destination for news-papers, where it, too, is remixed with fresh pulp.

Sort your stufffor better useEmpty dish detergent bottles, milk jugs, and

old phone books.These are a recycler’s worst nightmare.But with bins provided by the Regional Dis-

trict of the East Kootenays, sorting has become less of a chore.

• Blue Bins, Household Plastics:Non-refundable plastic jugs such as empty

detergent bottles can be taken to the blue bins provided by the regional district. Just make sure you don’t throw in plastic bags or film, Styrofoam, number seven plastics or unmarked plastics.

If you’re unfamiliar with the number, just look for it on the bottom or side of your contain-er. It will be found inside the triangular recycling symbol.

Don’t be fooled by Styrofoam, which is la-belled six, for it is not recyclable. And if it has no recycling symbol, then it can’t be recycled.

• Yellow Bins, Mixed Recyclables:Plastic milk jugs, they are the only plastic

items to go into the yellow bins designated for mixed-recyclables. These all-purpose bins also take tin and aluminium cans, all mixed paper – magazines, phone books, newspapers, envelopes, etc. – as well as cardboard.

Unfortunately, cardboard milk jugs cannot be recycled in B.C. and must be thrown out. This is largely due to bacterial growth in the cardboard which makes for a more expensive recycling pro-cess.

Because of contamination, rinsing milk jugs and cans is a must, and don’t forget to get rid of the labels.

Cardboard should be flattened, and pizza boxes aren’t accepted because of grease or food waste.

• Yellow Bins, Glass Only:Then there’s non-refundable glass like salsa

jars or olive oil bottles. Specially-marked yellow glass-only bins,

found next to the others, are to be filled with food grade glass which has been rinsed.

Don’t throw in any metal or plastic lids, light-bulbs, windows or dishes.

For a list of locations where the bins are lo-cated in the Columbia Valley, go to the website: www.rdek.bc.ca.

Any question concerning paint, household hazardous waste or oil recycling should be di-rected to the regional district’s public education coordinator Kerstin Renner at (250) 489-0315 or 1-888-478-7335.

Rick Fiddis of Invermere dumps his used household plastics into the Blue Bin.

Where does it all end up?


The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application by Pedley Heights Development Corporation to amend the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw. If approved, the amendment will rezone parts of the subject property to accommodate subdivision and transfer of the parcels to the Pedley Heights Community Association for recreation purposes. The property is located on Highway 93/95 in the Windermere area, as shown on the attached map.

Bylaw No. 1889 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay - Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 183, 2006 (Windermere / Pedley Heights Development Corp.)” will amend the zoning designation for parts of Lot 2, District Lots 704 and 705, Kootenay District, Plan 17738 from R-1, Single Family Residential Zone to P-2, Pubic Parks and Open Space Zone.

The public hearing will be held at: WINDERMERE COMMUNITY HALL 4726 North Street Windermere BC THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2006 at 7:00 pm

The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F, Electoral Area G and the District of Invermere.If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing:• inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday;• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown above; or• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.

SUBMISSIONS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING

All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information, contact Rob Veg, Planning Technician at 250-489-0314 or toll free at 1-888-478-7335.

Andrew McLeod, ManagerPlanning & Development Services

March 3, 2006

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEBYLAW AMENDMENT - WINDERMERE

REGIONAL DISTRICT OF EAST KOOTENAY19 – 24th Avenue SouthCranbrook BC V1C 3H8Phone: (250) 489-2791 or 1-888-478-7335 Fax: (250) 489-1287Email: [email protected]


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By Simon DucatelSpecial to The Pioneer

Local residents Lindsay Davidson and his wife Sandie are going on a mis-sion.

Project Jesus for Children has been in operation since 2001, where it began in Costa Rica by Lindsay’s brother Bill.

The undertaking was originally started with their father, Darrell, who along with Bill, decided to retire there.

But once they’d gotten to Costa Rica, they wanted a purpose.

“Both of them worked so hard all their lives they just couldn’t quit and sit on the beach or play golf all the time,” said Lindsay.

The project’s main goal is to reach out to kids through the story of Christ using a video called The Story of Jesus for Children.

“It’s one thing to tell kids to read the Bible and try and figure out what it means. It’s hard enough for adults to do that!” said Mr. Davidson. “So this is just the story and life of Jesus in children’s version.”

The video is professionally translat-ed from English into any language at a cost of $17,000.

“We paid for four of them,” said Mr. Davidson.

Since 2001, the mission has ex-tended to Nicaragua in 2002, Panama in 2004 and now in Honduras, where

Lindsay’s brother Phil lives.Last year, it was shown to some

171,000 children in four countries, said Mr. Davidson. Every year the video is shown to a class of Grade 5 students.

Having grown so much, the oper-ation’s administrative workload has be-come a heavy load on Bill.

The couple has been considering this mission for the last year.

“I wanted to get down there and help my brother,” said Lindsay, who is a hockey enthusiast and trainer for the Columbia Valley Rockies.

The couple will bring their 13-year-old son Nolan, who must wait until school is finished in June before he can join them.

Born and raised in Three Hills, Al-berta, Mr. Davidson met his wife, origi-nally from Los Angeles, while both hap-pened to be in Medicine Hat.

They married in 1980 and had three boys: Chad, Tyler and Nolan.

Mr. Davidson will be leaving be-hind his position with Timko Develop-ments, a Cochrane-based construction company owned by his brother Tim.

Lindsay was a the local manager for the business, which moved into the val-ley four years ago.

Replacing him at Timko will be his brother Ron.

This won’t be the couple’s first visit to Costa Rica, but this time, “we want to make it long-term,” Lindsay said.

Local Timko managermoving to Costa Rica

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Lindsay and Sandi Davidson with their sons Chad, top, and Nolan.

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEBYLAW AMENDMENT - PANORAMA


All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.For more information, contact Karen Higgins, Planner, at 250-489-0313 or toll free at 1-888-478-7335.

Andrew McLeod, ManagerPlanning & Development Services March 3, 2006

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application by Intrawest Corporation to amend the Panorama Mountain Village Official Community Plan. If approved the amendment will:• amend the Plan designations within the Trapper’s Ridge area to allow for flexibility to respond to market conditions and recognize undevelopable land;• increase the allowable threshold for multi-family development within the Trapper’s Ridge area from a maximum of 30% to a minimum of 60% at full build out;• require that potential conflict between high density commercial and multi-family uses and low density residential use is mitigated by a buffer between uses; and• include a commitment from the developer to provide a comprehensive planned multi-use trail within the Trapper’s Ridge neighbourhood.Bylaw No. 1890 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Panorama Mountain Village Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1441, 1999 – Amendment Bylaw No. 11, 2006 (Intrawest)” will change the Plan designations of the following properties located in the Trapper’s Ridge area:• Part of the East 1/2, District Lot 4609 Kootenay District, except Plan 8935, 12986, 18016, NEP19216, NEP19246, NEP66574;• Block G, District Lot 17108 Kootenay District;• Block A, District Lot 17108 Kootenay District;• District Lot 17108 Kootenay District, except Block A

The public hearing will be held at: WINDERMERE COMMUNITY HALL 4726 North Street Windermere BC THURSDAY MARCH 23, 2006 at 7:00 pmThe Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F, Electoral Area G, and the District of Invermere.

If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing:• inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday;• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown above; or• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.


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READING THE PIONEER IN COSTA RICA - Linda Madson of Invermere checks out the latest news in her March 3rd copy of The Pioneer. She is in Costa Rica visiting Diane Madson, who started the first optometric practice here in Invermere and now has homes in both Victoria and Costa Rica. Linda was travelling with a group of friends from Radium and Invermere.

OBITUARY

BIRTHS

IN MEMORY

SUITES FOR RENT

New, bright, one bedroom ground level suite in downtown Invermere. Utilities, cable, laun-dry included. N/S, N/P, $625 a month. Available immediately, 341-6215.

STEIN APARTMENTS - residential and commercial. 342- 6912.

FOR RENT

FAMILY HOME in Wilder subdivi-sion, Invermere. Excellent con-dition, unfurnished, 2 bdrms up, 2 down, 2.5 bath, 6 appliances, double attached garage. 1 year minimum, N/P, N/S, available immediately. $1100/mth + utilities + DD. 403-807-2380.

Invermere, central location. 2 bedroom condo, N/P, N/S, avail-

able March 1st. $800/month plus damage deposit. Call 341-6284 or cell 688-0083 evenings.

Windermere, 2 bedroom, fur-nished, ground fl oor suite, 5 ap-pliances, N/S, N/P, $875, avail-able April 1st. 250-342-3819 or 403-240-0678.

OFFICE SPACE

Professional offi ce space for rent in Invermere. Large offi ce with negotiable services. Please call 342-9450 for more information.

ROOMMATES WANTED

Invermere: Roommate wanted to share new house in Westside Park, 688-7787.

Looking for quiet, clean, respon-sible person to share home in Black Forest Heights. Must like my animals, but have none of your own. $550/month, includes everything. 342-7307.

House to share, aff ordable, clean, central, extras, 342-2133 or 250-402-9756.

HOMES FOR SALE

Unique 2617 square foot, eight room home on .48 acres located in the four seasons resort town of Invermere. View at BC4sale.ca, listing #2989.

PANORAMA - New, resales, town-homes, condos, chalets, lots, 1/4 ownership from $99,900. Kerry Dennehy, Playground Real Es-tate, 270-0481.

Radium, completely renovated mobile home on rental lot with addition. Must sell, going to school. $25,900 OBO. Call 688-0181 or 688-0180.

1500 square foot house on large, spectacular wetlands and North mountains view lot with 1200 square foot lower level includ-ing rental in-law suite. Desirable northwest location on quiet, dead end street. Includes 900 square foot detached double garage and many extra’s. 1402, 7th Street. 342-3557, $355,000.

FOR SALE

Beautiful sleeveless soft-white wedding dress, size 9/10. Worn

once, still married, $500, OBO 345-0262, or 341-5419. Veil in-cluded.

Radium Hot Springs, BC’s fast-est growing community. New beginnings = Business, Home & Rental, all under one roof. 2 BDR suite, 1000 sq. ft. business fl oor & 4 BDR suite, includes all ap-pliances. Large in-town lot. For sale, $425,000 OR lease business fl oor (ideal coff ee shop, gifts, of-fi ces, etc). Donna 342-6010.

Heinzman Nordheimer piano with bench and metronome, $800; large antique oak roll-top desk, $1200; 2 unused Gienow picture windows, 3’ x 9’ with 6” jambs, $100 each, 342-3557.

Custom cut rough lumber, dry fi r beams, fence boards, etc. Fire-wood - fi r, birch or pine - split or unsplit. Top quality hay, grass/alfalfa mix, round or square bales. 346-3247.

AUCTION

CHEERS & JEERS

CHEERS to the Secret Santa’s who dropped off gifts for Jericho and Cassidy!!

CHEERS to Carol, Mike, and the staff of Pip’s for the fabulous lunch that you so kindly donated to a cold and hungry group of Firefi ghters. Thanks!

Cheers to coaches Herman and Bob, from Kellen and Jeff ery for their help with Judo.

NOTICES

IN MEMORIAM DONATIONS to the Canadian Cancer Society can be dropped off at the Pio-neer, #8, 1008 - 8th Avenue, Invermere or mail to Box 868, Invermere. For info call Chris-tine Vidalin, 342-0470.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS. Meet Thursdays 7:30-9 p.m. Invermere Health Unit, 1100-10th Street, staff entrance.

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March 17, 200624 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

In Loving Memory OfTHELMA BYMAN

who passed away on Sunday, March 5th, 2006.

Thelma was born on Au-gust 7, 1938 in Kelliher, Sas-katchewan.

Thelma survived her sis-ters Margaret Kennedy, Mary Goodwin, and brothers Bing Byman and Bert (Stella) By-man and sister-in-law Hilda Byman. She also has many nieces and nephews.

Thelma was predeceased by her parents Lars and In-grid Byman, sister Betty and brothers Ingvar and Verner.

Thelma joined the Royal Canadian Airforce in her younger years and then moved to Calgary and then to Invermere. Thelma has been living at the Columbia Valley Garden Village for the past several months.

Her family would like to say Thank You for the wonderful care Thelma has received and a special Thank You to Dr. Ian White and the nursing staff at the hospital.

Family and close friends will be having a memorial tea in honour of Thelma.

In Memory of STARR CARSON

Oct. 14, 1950 - March 6, 2002

Our lives go on without youBut nothing is the same,We have to hide our heartachesWhen someone speaks your name.

Sad are the hearts that love youSilent are the tears that fall,Living our hearts without youIs the hardest part of all.

You did so many things for usYour heart was kind and true,And when we needed someoneWe could always count on you.

The special years will not returnWhen we were all together,But with the love within our heartsYou will walk with us forever.

Love Ed, Jynetta, Brittany. Courtnai, Craig, & Bradley

Bruce and Jennifer Dunlop of Invermere wish to announce the birth of their baby boy, RYKER STEPHEN WAYNE DUNLOP, at 7 lbs.. 4 oz. on March 2, 2006 at the Invermere Hospital.

Grandparents are Steve and Lynda Malinoski of Invermere; and Wayne and Janice Dunlop of Invermere.

Unclaimed Storage ConsignmentAUCTION

Saturday, March 18, 2006, 1pm Sharp400 Laurier, (corner Block) Athalmer

(turn at Invermere Dairy Queen)

Large number of abandoned storage and consignment items, such as furniture, appliances, toys, outdoor furniture, mountain bikes, tools, collectibles, wine making equipment, dishes, and more!

Special consignment of House of Brougham Reproduction Solid Pine Furniture and a large number of high end accessories.

Terms: Cash, Visa, MC, Approved Cheques. 10% Buyers Fee.Preview from 9am

For inquiries call Tex, High Country Auctions at 341-5316

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VEHICLES FOR SALE

1996 Yukon SLT 199,000km 350 V8 $9,500 OBO; 1980 Suburban TRL Spec original 109,000km 454 excellent condition, safety inspection $5,000 OBO; 1992 Wilderness 19’ Travel Trl. Air $8,900 OBO 403-547-1562.

1992 Chrysler Dynasty LE, 6 cylinder, 148,000km. Power windows/doors/locks, cruise. a/c, new tires. $2000.00, phone 342-8350.

1990 Chevy 1/2 ton 2x2 V8, $1500.00 342-1384.

1994 Camaro, the BEST out there. Sleek teal/black V6 - 30,000 miles, excellent condition. Hot USA car - no rust, drives like new. Fully inspected. $16,990.00 OBO. Donna 342-6010.

2001 Camaro, black beauty - Hot USA car 3.8 V6 auto, stick - over drive. Fully loaded 115,000km. Power package, duel exhaust, CD, AC, fully inspected. $19,900.00 OBO. Donna 342-6010.

1988 31 ft. Allegro, sleeps 8, queen BR, new 460 engine 4300km. $5500 of recent work. Why pay for lakeside cabin or motels? Take the family and motor! $19250.00 OBO. Donna 342-6010.

VEHICLE WANTED

MOTORCYCLE WANTED, 200 to 600 cc. Anything considered, call or leave message, 342-7329 Thanks.

MOVING SALE

Moving, selling 51” single hide-a-bed. Medium blue fabric. Like new, hardly used, $185.00, paid $750.00. 342-7558.

THANK YOU

Joe Camenzind wishes to ac-knowledge all the kind people who expressed their sympa-thies following Agnes’ passing. This includes all who provided words of sympathy, cards, fl ow-ers, food, and the contributions to the Canadian Cancer Society. A special thank you to the 25 friends who took turns sitting with her, off ering support and caring in those last days. Your kindness will not be forgotten. A sincere thank you to everyone.

FLEA MARKET

Flea Market/Craft Sale, March 25th, 10am - 2pm, hosted by the Legion Ladies Auxiliary Branch #71. Lunch is $4.00, to book a table or for more information, call Sylvia 342-6559.

Annual Edgewater Volunteer Fire Department Garage Sale, Saturday, April 8th. 9am-1pm at the Edgewater Community Hall. To rent a table, $10, or to pick up donations call Mimi Price 347-9868, or Lynn McMane 347-9637.

$16,000. Call Dave, 342-8819.SERVICES

Willing to take care of your little one, under 5, full-time, Monday to Friday, days. 341-5419.

CAREERS

ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRAINING, B.C.Licensed Employment Agency. Need a job? Need employees? Apply on-line at www.rocky-mountaintraining.bc.ca Phone 342-6011 or 1-888-737-5511. NOW HIRING: bookkeeper, offi ce admin., labourers, auto tech., investment consultants, careers in tourism,... & more!

Hair stylist required at Valley Hairstyling. Call Susan 342-9863.

Production worker. This is an entry level position involving all aspects of the cabinet making process. Trade apprenticeship is available to suitable candidate. Please contact Warwick Interi-ors, Box 2673, Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0, 342-6264.

Full-time and part-time em-ployment available. Come join our housekeeping team at Big-horn Meadows Resort, 7563 Columbia Avenue, Radium Hot Springs, BC. On the job train-ing provided. Reply by e-mail [email protected]

Helna’s Stube is looking for ex-perienced part-time evening server, kitchen help, dishwasher. Fax resume to 347-0049 or call 347-0047.

CastleRock Villas is looking for a general labourer with valid class 5 licence. Call Mark, 341-3119.

PIONEER CLASSIFIEDSThe Columbia Valley Pioneer • 25March 17, 2006

We Work At Play!Voted “Best Conditioned Course in BC” in 2005, Eagle Ranch Golf Course is an 18-hole championship golf course located in picturesque Invermere, British Columbia. In 2006, Eagle Ranch will proudly unveil a magnifi cent clubhouse complete with an expanded Golf Shop, full service dining room, meeting room and lounge. At Eagle Ranch, our approach to golf operations is simple – we strive to provide the ultimate guest experi-ence - which means hiring and retaining employees who strive for excellence in all that they do. We are looking for team players with a ‘can do’ attitude to contribute positively to our continued growth. Our ideal candidates will possess characteristics that refl ect our corporate values of caring, integrity, excellence, team spirit and fi nancial responsibility.

MAITRE D’ – EAGLE RANCH GOLF RESORTEagle Ranch Golf Resort is seeking a passionate Food & Beverage professional to fulfi ll the role of Maitre D’. With 2-3 years of serving experience, preferably in a fi ne dining, upscale environment, you demonstrate an ability to maximize sales while ensuring the utmost customer satisfaction. You possess excellent orga-nizational and communication skills and display an eagerness to train and develop an exceptional serving team. Wine knowledge will be considered an asset.

LINE COOK - EAGLE RANCH GOLF RESORTEagle Ranch Golf Resort is seeking a line chef to join the culinary team. With 1-2 years of previous food preparation experience, you display a natural fl air with food and are committed to accuracy and effi ciency. You are energetic and hard working and are able to work well in a small team environment. You enjoy customer interaction and possess good communication skills.Eagle Ranch Golf Resort welcomes candidates that aspire to be an apprentice and potentially gain Red Seal status.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, March 22

Resumes may be sent confi dentially to:Eagle Ranch Golf ResortAttention: Kathy Tyson

RR #3, M-2, C-11Invermere, BC

V0A 1K3Email: [email protected]

For detailed information, visit www.stonecreekproperties.com

Stone Creek Resorts thanks all applicants for their interest, however only applicants who are considered for the position will be contacted.

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prepaid by cash or cheque unless client has an existing account.

Please read your ad over carefully the fi rst day it comes out to ensure the in-formation is correct. If you should fi nd an error in your ad please let us know imme-diately by calling 341-6299. The Columbia Valley Pioneer is not responsible for errors appearing beyond the fi rst insertion. The newspaper’s responsibility, if any, for er-rors of any kind is limited to the amount paid for that ad-vertisement. We reserve the right to censor, re-classify, revise, edit or reject any ad-vertisement not meeting our advertising standards.


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LeadershipFairmont Creek is looking for a dynamic, self motivated, self disciplined individual who takes pride in their work and practises solid team building skills to lead our housekeep-ing team. Housekeeping ex-perience required and must have reliable transportation. If this describes you and you are looking for full time em-ployment, Call David, 345-6116.

TeamworkAre you self motivated, self disciplined, take pride in the work you do, and work well with others? Join our housekeeping team at Fair-mont Creek for full time/year round employment. Training provided. Must have reliable transportation. Call David, 345-6116.

Employment opportunity Director of Development

Resort and residential Development Company located in the Columbia Valley has an immediate requirement for a Director of Development. The successful candidate must possess the following skills.

- Clear understanding of; -Strata property titling -Development and Building permit processes -Municipal bonding requirements -Project cash fl ow / requirements - Experienced in all aspects of Zoning, Planning, and utility requirements.- Ability to establish working relationship with local governments.- Establish construction budgets, schedules, and measures of quality. - Insure cost eff ective quality build that meets all codes and developers standards.- Work closely with Architect, Developer, and General Contractor to insure effi cient Build.- Perform risk assessments, project analysis, to prove out R.O.I. for project Shareholders.- Ability to multi-task and oversee numerous projects at one time.

Local resident with excellent communication and computer skills would be defi nite assets of the successful applicant. Remuneration package negotiable based on applicants experience and skill set.

Apply in the strictest confi dence to: 5105 – Wilder Loop Rd. Fairmont Hot Springs BC V0B 1L1

All applications will be responded to.

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Th e Columbia Valley Rockies’ head coach and gen-eral manager Matt Hughes has been named Coach of the Year in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s Eddie Mountain division, which includes all the teams in the area: Fernie, Kimberly, Golden, Cres-ton and the Columbia Valley.

“It’s real nice because it’s voted on by the other coaches,” said Mr. Hughes.

Coach Hughes has been with the Rockies for the past two seasons. Over that time his team won 51 games, lost 33, tied four and lost 10 in overtime.

Th e team fi nished third in the division this past season after a second-place fi nish the year before. Both seasons with the Rockies ended in a playoff defeat by the Kimberley Dynamiters.

Th e coach said he is leaving the job and isn’t sure where he’ll be coaching next season, but that he’d be open to an assistant coaching position if it meant moving up in the junior ranks. “I’m ready to challenge myself,” he said.

Th e coach will remain with the club until the end of this month. He will help the team begin to re-cruit next year’s team. Many of the current players are expected to move on to other leagues. For example,

graduating players Colin Port and Lee Zirk will play college hockey in New York State next year.

“At this level you’ve got to get 12 to 15 new play-ers every year,” said the coach. He was busy this week scouting the B.C. midget AAA provincial champion-ships in Cranbrook and then the Alberta champion-ships in Calgary.

Two of the Rockies also won individual awards from the league. Sixteen-year-old Trevor Bailey, who led the team in goals and fi nished second with 45 total points, was named the rookie of the year in the Eddie Mountain Division.

“It felt great,” said Trevor on his selection, which

was made by Eddie Mountain Division coaches.“He’s got a real bright future in hockey,” said

coach Hughes.Unfortunately, Trevor’s fi rst season with the Rock-

ies was also his last. Th e young man said he will play Junior A hockey next season. “I can get a possible scholarship out of Junior A,” said Trevor from his home in Winfi eld, B.C.

Trade deadline pickup Cody Steele of Calgary won most sportsmanlike player in the Eddie Mountain di-vision. Cody, 19, joined the Rockies from Fernie.

“I’ve just always been able to stay out of the pen-alty box,” he said of his style of play.

“He plays the game hard and doesn’t get lazy pen-alties,” said coach Hughes of Cody.

At the team’s award and windup banquet held at the Radium Resort last week, several players were hon-oured:

• Most Valuable Player: Josh Renaud• Top Scorer: Josh Renaud• Top Defenceman: Brent Mosses• Rookie-of-the-Year: Trevor Bailey• Unsung Hero: Kevin Losey• Most Improved: Joel Domansky/Scott Jacklin

(tied)• Playoff Most Valuable Player: Travis Belanger/

Colin Port (tied).

Matt Hughes named coach of the year

Matt Hughes Trevor Bailey


The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering a text amendment to the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw. If approved the amendment will:• create two new water resource zones • WR-1, Water Resource Zone • WR-2, Water Resource Community Zone;• apply these zones to Columbia Lake as shown on the attached map; • delete marina as a permitted use and all other references to marina; • add definitions for recreational dock, launching ramp, moorage, natural boundary, public access, recreational water activity and swimming raft; and• change the zoning designation for part of District Lot 450 from RES-2 to P-2 (Columere Park Marina).

Bylaw No. 1874 is cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 178, 2006 (Water Zones / RDEK).”

The public hearing will be held at: COLUMBIA RIDGE ESTATES COMMUNITY CENTRE 6890 Columbia Lake Road Fairmont BC TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2006 at 7:00 pm

The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F, Electoral Area G, and the Village of Canal Flats.If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing:• inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday;• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown above; or• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.



This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information contact Laurie Cordell, Planner, at 250 489-0306 or toll free at 1-888-478-7335.


March 3, 2006

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEBYLAW AMENDMENT - COLUMBIA LAKE


The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application by Elkhorn Ranch Ltd. to amend the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw. If approved, the amendment will rezone portions of the subject properties to allow single family and multi-family cluster development. The properties are located on Kootenay Road #3 and Windermere Loop Road, as shown on the attached map.

Bylaw No. 1865 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay - Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 176, 2005 (Windermere / Elkhorn Ranch Ltd.)” will amend the zoning designation for:

• parts of District Lots 19, 41 and 218 included in Explanatory Plan 26302I Kootenay District, Except from District Lot 19 Parcel A (Reference Plan 101916I) to be hereafter known as Parcel 1 (see W4380) from A-2, Rural Residential (Country) Zone to R-1, Single Family Residential Zone and R-5, Multiple Family Residential - Community (Cluster) Zone;

• part of Lot C, District Lot 108, Kootenay District Plan 1386 Except part included in Plan 18737 from A-2, Rural Residential (Country) Zone to R-1, Single Family Residential Zone and R-5, Multiple Family Residential - Community (Cluster) Zone; and

• part of Block B, District Lot 108 Kootenay District Plan 1386 from A-2, Rural Residential (Country) Zone to R-1, Single Family Residential Zone and R-5, Multiple Family Residential - Community (Cluster) Zone.

The public hearing will be held at: WINDERMERE COMMUNITY HALL 4726 North Street Windermere BC WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2006 at 7:00 pm

The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F, Electoral Area G and the District of Invermere.If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing:• inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday;• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown above; or• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.



This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information, contact Rob Veg, Planning Technician at 250-489-0314 or toll free at 1-888-478-7335.


March 3, 2006

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEBYLAW AMENDMENT - WINDERMERE



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Story Ideas, News Tips.

Call The Pioneer 341-6299

Pioneer BriefsDavid Thompson Secondary School’s five-day

theatre play workshop invites anyone who’s interest-ed in a unique show with the audience’s participa-tion to turn up Saturday evening at the high school’s theatre.

Audience members will direct a second perfor-mance of the play with their input.

Exploring the consequences of youth engaging in high-risk behaviour, the play will begin Saturday, March 18th at 7 p.m.

Full funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada provided a chance for the young actors to participate free of the usual $600 charge.

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The Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network is offering bursaries of up to $500 to sup-port local educators in attending conferences in en-vironmental education. A total $5,500 in bursaries is available until June 16, 2006.

Recipients will be expected to share what they have learned, through contributing articles to local newspapers or websites, giving a brief presentation on April 7 at the College of the Rockies in Creston, or offering workshops in their own communities.

Applicants must be members of the network (register at www.cbeen.org) and reside in the Co-lumbia Basin (as defined by the Columbia Basin Trust). For an application form, email Eli Baker at [email protected].

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BC Hydro is now accepting applications for its annual scholarships, available to B.C. residents cur-rently enrolled full-time in a public B.C. university, technical school, college, or who are in Grade 12.

Students must demonstrate a balanced lifestyle and a commitment to pursue post-secondary educa-tion in any field.

BC Hydro scholarships are available for students in general studies; students in the engineering or technical field; aboriginal students; and trades pre-apprentice students.

Scholarship application forms can be download-ed from www.bchydro.com/scholarships.

The application deadline is April 3, 2006. Stu-dents can apply for more than one award.

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Th e Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Education Centre at Panorama Mountain Village has rescued two adult wolves that are happily adjusting to their new lives as ambassadors, eating raw meat instead of dog food, and howling at the moon.

Th e two new members of the Northern Lights wolf pack are sharing the spotlight with Moab. Moab, a 22-month-old male, is a familiar face at Panorama, having spent the whole summer of 2005 as one of the main ambassador wolves there.

In December 2005, Moab was joined by Keehta (whose name means “Silent One”), a young female, and Amorok (whose name means “Wolf”), a young male. Th ey spent the fi rst part of their lives as pets, and ended up at a wildlife shelter in Smithers after their owners realized they were unsuitable as pets.

Both newcomers are about the same age as Moab, and everyone was optimistic that the three wolves would be getting along famously once their social order was established. After about six weeks of aggressive posturing and displays on behalf of both males, it seems that all three have settled into a play-ful and harmonious co-existence.

Th e Wolf Education Centre is home to grey wolves. Its mission is to promote wolf awareness and conservation through public education. It is open throughout the winter ski season, off ering in-terpretive talks, educational programs for schools, and unique opportunities to photograph wolves in a natural setting through Blackwolf Photography. Its convenient location right across from the Adventure Centre at Panorama Mountain Village makes it easy to fi nd.

Although the Wolf Education Centre is an edu-

cational facility and not a rehabilitation facility or rescue shelter, the unique circumstances of these two wolves prompted their rescue.

Th eir young age, human socialization, and oth-erwise bleak future were very strong reasons for their adoption. Th e support and enthusiasm of Panorama Mountain Village has made it possible to give these wolves a good home.

What else is there to howl about? Every Th urs-day at 7 p.m. during the ski season, the Wolf Centre is hosting a public wolf howl. Th e two new wolves need lots of howling practice, and it is a unique op-portunity for people to answer the call of the wild. Hot chocolate and a small bonfi re make for a fun and cozy experience.

Th e Wolf Centre can be contacted at (250) 344-6798 or toll-free at 1-877-377-WOLF, or by email at [email protected].

Something to howl about at Panorama


LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH Sunday, March 19th, 10:30 a.m.

Worship and Life Instruction. “Why the Religious Hate Jesus.”Sunday School for ages 3 to Grade 7 during the morning service.

Senior Pastor Rev. Dieter Magnus • Associate Pastor Rev. Jared Enns326 - 10th Avenue, Invermere • 342-9535

WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRYSunday, March 19th

8:30 a.m. - Edgewater - All Saint’s. Communion.10:30 a.m. - Invermere - Christ Church Trinity. Communion & Sunday School.

Rev. Sandy Ferguson • 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere • 342-6644VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY

Sunday, 10:00 amChildren’s church during the message part of the service. Children 4 - 12 years. • Sunday, 7:00 pm Prayer Meeting

Senior Pastor Rev. John Cuyler • www.vcassembly.comHighway 93/95, 1 km north of Windermere • 342-9511

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHCanadian Martyrs Church, Invermere

Saturday, 7:00 p.m. Mass • Sunday, 9:00 a.m. MassSt. Joseph’s Church, Hwy 93/95 Radium Sunday, 11:00 a.m. MassSt. Anthony’s Church, Canal Flats Sunday, 4:00 p.m. MassFather Jose Joaquin • 712 -12th Ave., Invermere • 342-6167

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN MISSION OF INVERMERERegular weekly worship services every Sunday at 1:30 pm

Pastor Rev. Fraser Coltmanat Christ Church Trinity 110 - 7th Ave., Invermere

1-866-426-7564

RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPEvery Sunday 10:00 am

Pastor Wayne and Linda Frater • Radium Seniors’ Hall • 342-6633THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

Sunday, 10:00 amPresident J.P. Tremblay • Columbia Valley Branch

5014 Fairway, Fairmont Hot Springs • 1-866-349-5772

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By Sandy FergusonWindermere Valley Shared Ministry

On the 26th of Feb-ruary, I had the privilege of celebrating my fi rst baptism here at Christ Church Trinity.

It was a wonderful service as we welcomed two new members into our church family.

As the kids and I walked around the church fol-lowing the baptism, it was wonderful to see the smiles on the faces of the congregation.

It was also a time of refl ection on the question, “What does baptism mean today?”

Th roughout the history of the church, baptism has always been one of its most important celebrations. Th e ministry of Jesus began when he was baptized in the River Jordan.

Baptism marks the beginning of our journey into faith, as we enter into a new relationship with God.

As Paul states in his letter to the Galatians: “As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. Th ere is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.”

As Paul makes clear, through baptism we become part of the community of witnesses to the Good News revealed through Christ Jesus that the Kingdom of God is near.

And baptism reminds us that we are called to be active participants in preparing the way for the King-dom to come.

After all, through baptism we are freed from the limitations of this world, with all of its hierarchies and distinctions. We now see that we are all beloved chil-dren of God, and all are equal in God’s eyes.

However this understanding of baptism seems to have faded. When I was serving a church in Fort

Nelson, I celebrated a fair number of baptisms. When I asked the couples involved why they wanted their children to be baptized, in many cases the answer was that they believed that they had to have some kind of service to celebrate the naming of the child.

And alas, some clergy have become quite cynical about baptisms. We have too many jokes about how many baptisms have no connection with the life of the church.

One joke goes like this: a young minister is wor-ried about a large number of bats in his church’s belfry, but is unsure of how to get rid of them. He calls an-other more experienced minister for advice, who sug-gests that he baptizes the bats, because then he is sure to never seen them again!

Meanwhile, some clergy try to put restrictions on who should be allowed to be baptized, depending on a variety of criteria.

Some years ago, I agreed with these points of view. But then I was reminded of my own faith journey. My family had no connection with the church whatsoever. However, I was baptized when I was an infant, because my family felt that baptism was necessary for the nam-ing of their child.

I did not set foot in a church again until twenty years later. But my return to church nevertheless set in motion a series of events that led to my being ordained as a United Church minister.

Th rough this refl ection on my past, I rediscovered the wonderful truth of baptism: it is the beginning of the journey of faith, and it is a mystery to us what form that journey will take. It’s also a symbol of God’s grace, the gift of love given to us without condition.

When a family comes to the church seeking to have their child baptized, whatever reason they give, it is a time to celebrate.

We can never be sure what path the family will take, whether they will be a part of our community of faith, or follow other paths. Yet, when we share this gift with them, we show our willingness to share the Good News that they are beloved children of God!

Th e meaning of baptism

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School news from Canal FlatsMartin Morigeau Elementary School in Canal

Flats will host an Open House on April 4 from 4 to 6 p.m. Parents and other community members are welcome to visit the school, check out the class-rooms and meet the new principal, Mark Koebel.

If you have a little one who is ready to start kindergarten, registrations will also be accepted at Martin Morigeau Elementary School on April 4th from 4 to 6 p.m.

All children born in 2002 and 2003, and their

parents or guardians, are welcome to come to the school to enjoy story time, a parent information session, and a snack. Participants will be able to meet teachers and early childhood specialists.

All children will receive a book and their par-ents will receive a resource kit.

Register by calling Sandy after March 29 at 349-5665.

Watch for other kindergarten registration ses-sions at Columbia Valley schools.


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